Chiang Plots Democratic Opening in China Amid Peace Efforts
AP reports Chungking signals tentative moves toward constitutional democracy and parliamentary inclusion of Communists within Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government. The shift aims to end civil war threats, with a national assembly to expand party participation and formalize reforms, while cautions persist on complete unity and balance of power.
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SINC
Dewitt MacKenzie
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chima
National Assembly
Chiang
Nintang
China
Asia
Ren Sun Yat Sen
Japan
New
Sun Yat Sen
Kuomintang
Litical
Aioe
United Nations
Marines React to European War Fronts and Casualties
Marines on board ship discuss European fighting and heavy Army losses in Africa and Europe. They note the First Infantry Division and others spent over 400 days in battle. Lt. Bruce "Pinky" Warren, a Purdue alum wounded on Okinawa, laments missing combat against Germans.
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Africa
Europe
Bruce
Warren
Purdue
Sugar Leaf Hill
Okinawa
Star of Hope 1899 Press 1927 Consolidated January 18 1929
Star of Hope Arkansas weekly newspaper notes Star Publishing Co Inc with editor Alex Washburn and president C E Palmer listing offices on South Walnut Street Hope Arkansas. A pasted article quotes Lt Ted Stawicki of Nanticoke Pa recounting grim war memories in Okinawa comparing German and Japanese foes.
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Star of Hope
Consolidated
Star Publishing Co., Inc
Co. I., Palmer and
Alex H. Washburn
Star Eee
South
Walnut Street
Hope, Ark
Liberated Allied Prisoners Story On Benevolence Hospital Ship
General Eichelberger and two war crimes officers heard grim accounts aboard the hospital ship Benevolence after freeing about 36 000 Allied prisoners in Japan. A dying B 29 pilot from Salt Lake City and mistreatment at Omori prison camp were cited along with beriberi malaria dysentery and other illnesses. Standley Livingston James an old West Point friend was identified among the prisoners. Medical teams vow swift return home as inquiries push to list war criminals.
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Japan
Eichelberger
General Headquarters War Crimes Branch
Salt Lake City
Omori
Pellagra
Frederick L McDaniel
Alexandria
Standley Livingston James
West Point
Hope Schools Continuing Rules For Elementary Attendance
The article outlines elementary boundary divisions for Paisley Brookwood and Oglesby Schools. It lists which grades and pupils attend each school based on residence relative to the Missouri Pacific Railroad, Elm Street, North Hazel Street, Main Street and Hervey Street. It also notes the district can run a mile in two minutes.
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Paisley
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Elm Street
North Hazel Street
Brookwood
Main Street
Oglesby
Hervey Street
Oglesby School
Japs Knew War Lost After Midway
Tokyo reports that Japanese newspaperman Genji Tanaka said public belief shifted after Midway in 1943. He noted initial shock at Pearl Harbor’s fate, later relief at Hawaii raids, and that Midway's failure foreclosed invasion plans while Saipan, Yokohama raids, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa signaled Japan's decline toward surrender.
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Frank H. Bartholomew
Tokyo
United Press
Japan
Midway
Pearl Harbor
Genji Tanaka
Mainichi
United States
Great Britain
Tanaka
U. S
Hawaii
California
Alaska
Pacific Coast
Dutch Harbor
Saipan
Yokohama
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Russia
Yanks Land Near Tokyo Advance Reach Sagami Bay
Radio Tokyo reported 20 000 American troops landing around Tachikawa and Atsugi. Troops crossed the Tama River and will base at Tokyo University of Commerce in Yabo village and extend into surrounding towns, with Tachikawa police setting up questioning posts.
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Hachioji City
Tokyo
Hiratsuka
Oiso
Odawara
Sagami Bay
Radio Tokyo
Tachikawa Army Air Base
Tokyo University of Commerce
Yabo
Tachikawa
Atsugi
Yokosuka
Fukasawa-Mura
Robert L. Eichelberger
Fighth
Tama River
Uprisings Hit Hanoi Area As French Pressed To Surrender
Reports from Hanoi describe uprisings by Namites with at least ten French deaths. Demonstrations by 20,000 Namites Aug 16 to 28 included storming the Metropole hotel. six killed in Gong Thu Quang Yen district. two Catholic priests killed near Hanoi. Dispatches also report Laos capital Luang Prabang entered by French and Indo Chinese leaders Aug 29. In Hong Kong Chinese mobs attacked Japanese troops as British forces moved in. Chiang Kai-shek urged building a model democratic China. Mountbatten ordered Japanese to land troops at Singapore with minimal disruption and a quick reduction of forces to maintain order.
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Hanoi
Charles Chamagne
Keso
Paris
Uangprabang
Laos
France
Indo- China
Hong Kong
Singapore
Holland
Sussex
Mountbaten
Destruction at Hiroshima Through Survivor Accounts
A writer details the aftermath of the Hiroshima blast with survivor recollections. A Japanese guide, Hirokuni Dazai, describes rescue efforts, fires, and count of around 120,000 survivors. Dazai recalls warning Tokyo and reflects on the civilization damaged by the weapon. The scene includes ruined streets, burning mountains, and evacuated victims.
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Sacramento
Calif
Japan
United States
Hiroshima
Hirokuni Dazai
Tokyo
Dazai
Hiroshima Destruction Seen by UP Reporter
UP correspondent James F. McGlincy describes Hiroshima after the Aug 6 atomic blast, noting 53 000 dead by Aug 20 and a death toll possibly exceeding 156 000. He reports total ruin, missing and wounded, and describes the city center as utterly flattened with a pervasive stench of death and devastation.
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James F. McGlincy
Hiroshima
United States
America
London
Cologne
Munich
Normandy
Market Report Grain and Provisions Chicago Sept 4
Trading interest lagged in the grain futures market with little direction. Rye rose briefly on short covering in the September contract but profit taking limited the advance. Wheat corn oats and barley finished mixed with modest moves. cattle and sheep offerings showed subdued demand and weak tone on quality spring stock.
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Chicago
Cotton futures rise on Texas Oklahoma weevil damage reports
New York on September 4 reports of expanding weevil damage in Texas and Oklahoma boosted cotton futures by 15 to 40 cents per bale. Trading was not broad as buyers and spot houses absorbed hedge selling. Market held until government crop reports due September 10. Late prices up 15 to 40 cents with Oct 22.67, Dec 22.68, Mech 22.59.
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New York
Texas
Oklahoma
Poultry and Produce Market Roundup Chicago Sept 4
Chicago market notes show live poultry steady for fryers broilers and roasters but weak for leghorn fryers with receipts of 29 trucks and 6 cars. Butter prices steady with varied scores and egg receipts at 14 982 reflecting weak demand and current quotes for U S extra and standards.
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Chicago
U.S
U. S
St Louis Livestock Report From National Stockyards
National Stockyards Illinois notes September 4 prices: 5 090 head total with 3 500 early including 500 600 feeders and light gilts. Slaughter classes steady feeders and breeders down 25. Feeders 1235 lb down 15 75 light breeding gilts 15 00 25. Slaughter barrows gilts all weights 14 70. Sows and most stags 13 95. Cattle 7 000 calves around 31.
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ST. Louis Livestock National Stockyards
P— Hoss
Attlee links world war to early Japanese aggression
London Sept 4 Prime Minister Attlee blamed six years of war on failure to confront Japanese aggression in 1931 1921. He urged a world order banning war and said Britain must demobilize while keeping troops for occupation duties and boosting production by about 5 million workers. He traced the war’s chain of events to Japan’s invasion of Manchuria in 1921.
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Glenn Williams
London
Attlee
Britain
Europe
Manchuria
League of Nations
Seven holidays named by states and DC across the year
The text notes seven days acknowledged as legal or public holidays by all states and the District of Columbia: New Year’s Day, Washington’s Birthday, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas. It also records New York’s adoption of its present state flag in 1909.
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States
District of Columbia
Washington's
New York
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